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Samples of public comments submitted on
caribou issues |
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June 12, 2014 |
Many public comments have already been posted
regarding the petition for the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service to change the Endangered
Species Act listing of our local Boundary County
population of southern Selkirk Mountain woodland
caribou.
People from around the nation have put their
thoughts down and submitted them for
consideration on this particular issue.
We thought it would be interesting to share some
of the public comments already submitted, such
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I strongly support continuing to protect
woodland caribou. The South Selkirk Mountains
herd numbers less than 50, and the population
will not recover unless their habitat is
protected. The Canadian government has found
that these caribou are different from other
caribou "as they have persisted in the
ecological setting unique to the species."
Extinct is forever, please help prevent this
from happening by retaining Endangered Species
Act protections for these beautiful animals.
Thank you. |
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I have been snowmobiling in this area since 1998
with thousands of miles put on machines and not
once have I seen a Caribou track or a Caribou in
sight. . . . Tell the Animal Rights people to
spend their money on something else that really
needs help! Killing the wolves off would be a
place to spend their money to keep the Elk,
Moose, and Deer from getting killed. |
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If you want to protect the woodland caribou in
Idaho, get rid of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
involvement. The biggest threat are the wolves
and the grizzlies that are also protected in the
same area.. You people are just creating job
security and have no interest in protecting any
of the animals. For some reason you just want to
keep the people that pay your wages out of the
national forest that is supposed to be
maintained for our enjoyment. Get a clue. |
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Please save our woodland caribou. Please don't
give in to snowmobilers or other special
interest groups. This is the last wild American
herd and IT MUST BE allowed to survive. |
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The caribou need more protection and more
protected habitat. These wildland herds make
living in the Pacific Northwest so special. |
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My family has owned a cabin at Priest Lake since
1956. I am an avid snowmobiler who has
snowmobiled on the East Side of Priest Lake
every winter since 1974 (primarily from the Hunt
Creek drainage north). I also have spent my
summers hiking, backpacking, and berry picking
from Hunt Creek all the way north to the
Continental Mine area.
In all of my years in the back country I have
never seen a caribou. I have seen plenty of
moose, deer, bear, and a few elk, but no
caribou. It doesn't seem necessary to set aside
(lock up) habitat for an animal that is rarely
in the area, if at all. They apparently spend
the bulk of their time in Canada, where they
obviously originated. Thank you for your
consideration of my comments. Hopefully this
will help you determine their range. |
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If you are interested in what people are saying
on this issue, you can read more of the posted
public comments at:
http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketBrowser;rpp=100;so=DESC;sb=docId;po=0;dct=PS;D=FWS-R1-ES-2012-0097 |
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